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A Dirty Shame
2004
89 minutes (1 hrs 29 mins)
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Production Country
United States
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Directed by
John Waters
Starring
Tracey Ullman ·
Johnny Knoxville
· Selma Blair · Chris Isaak · Suzanne Shepherd · Mink Stole
Full cast & crew
Release dates
US release
24th September 2004
United States release
24th September 2004
Portugal release
30th December 2004
Box Office Quickview
US box office
Box Office debut: 17th Sep '04
Debut position: 67
Highest position: 19
Debut gross: $29.4 Thousand
Total chart weeks: 7
Chart position history
UK box office
US box office
Global box office
Certificates
US
R
16
16
18
15
6
16+
A
16+
K-15
18
C
16
(Banned)
R
16
14
16
18
Tous publics
M/16
15
Total grosses
UK total gross
£0
US total gross
$1.3 Million
Global total gross
$0
25thframe.co.uk stats
News from around the web
John Waters is cinema’s finest purveyor of trash – and A Dirty Shame is a pure, filthy spectacle
The Guardian
Tue, 16th January 2024
‘A Dirty Shame’: John Waters’ misunderstood box-office bomb
Far Out Magazine
Sun, 4th May 2025
John Waters @ 75: A Dirty Shame (2004)
The Film Experience
Sun, 2nd May 2021
Movies - review - A Dirty Shame DVD
BBC
Tue, 20th September 2005
A Dirty Shame Remains John Waters’ Most Underrated and Prescient Film
Paste Magazine
Sun, 23rd April 2023
A Dirty Shame: John Waters Interviewed
The Quietus
Fri, 17th February 2017